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Twelve binders at work near Wilcox, Sask., in what's now the RM of Bratt's Lake, year unknown.

Where the wheat was

Let's track 85 years of hard red spring wheat yields in Saskatchewan, by RM

By Les Henry February 19, 2024

The folks at Saskatchewan’s ministry of agriculture have produced a digital dashboard that has a complete record of wheat yields for each rural municipality all the way back to 1938. It is an Excel file, 20.5 MB in size, which means a lot of numbers. It’s very easy to select any RM in the province […] Read more

Cereals, Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat

Canadian spring wheat bids mixed following choppy U.S. futures

The Canadian dollar was up nearly two-thirds of a cent on its U.S. counterpart

By GFM Network News December 1, 2023

Spring wheat bids in Western Canada were mixed during the week ended Nov. 1, as futures in the United States hit contract lows before bouncing higher and strength in the Canadian dollar cut into basis levels.

Reuters, Spring Wheat

Good weather, moisture boost northern North Dakota spring wheat prospects

By GFM Network News July 28, 2022

Devil’s Lake, N.D. | Reuters – Good weather and rains lifted spring wheat yields across northwest and north central North Dakota, although the lagging maturity of the late-planted crop may limit harvest prospects in the top producer of the high-protein grain, scouts on an annual tour said on Wednesday. Crop scouts estimated the average yield […] Read more

The USDA building in Washington, D.C. (Art Wager/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Larger spring wheat crop expected in U.S.

USDA expects reduced total worldwide wheat crop

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News July 13, 2022

MarketsFarm — Early indications point to a much larger spring wheat crop in the United States in 2022 compared to the drought-stricken 2021 crop despite the late seeding, according to the latest production estimates from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. In USDA’s first official production estimates of the growing season breaking out the different wheat […] Read more

Corn seedlings in southern Ontario in 2021. (Farmtario photo by John Greig)

Crops, Weather

Spring planting well underway in Ontario

By GFM Network News May 13, 2022

MarketsFarm — Farmers are well into seeding their crops for 2022, according to Wednesday’s crop report from Ontario’s Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA). The report noted planting of corn, soybeans and spring cereals started late last week — the exception being where there are heavier soils. OMAFRA projected planting could be 80 […] Read more

Markets, Spring Wheat

Canadian spring wheat bids dip with Minneapolis futures

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News November 5, 2021

MarketsFarm – Losses in Minneapolis wheat futures weighed on Canadian spring wheat cash bids during the first week of November, although a softer tone in the Canadian dollar did lend some support. Durum bids across the Prairies were up on the week. Average Canada Western Red Spring (13.5 per cent) wheat prices were down by […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat, Weather

U.S. spring wheat crop down sharply in 2021

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News September 30, 2021

MarketsFarm — Spring wheat production in the United States was down sharply in 2021, according to the latest annual small grains report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Total spring wheat production was pegged at 9.01 million tonnes by the government agency, down 44 per cent from the 15.99 million tonnes grown the previous year. […] Read more

A sharply smaller spring wheat harvest due to drought may force bakers to change how they work with flour. Photo: DanielBendjy/E+/Getty Images

Cereals, Reuters, Spring Wheat

Millers, bakers fret as drought withers North America’s spring wheat

By Rod Nickel, GFM Network News August 5, 2021

Reuters – Millers and bakers are draining wheat reserves and paying more for spring wheat used in baking, as drought shrivels crops across the Canadian Prairies and northern U.S. Plains that produce more than half of the world’s supply. U.S. and Canadian farmers are bracing for a sharply smaller spring wheat harvest due to the […] Read more

North Dakota is the biggest U.S. producer of spring wheat, used in artisanal breads, pizza dough and bagels. Photo: Thinkstock

Cereals, Crops, Reuters

Southern, eastern North Dakota spring wheat yields hurt by drought

By GFM Network News July 28, 2021

Mandan, N.D. | Reuters – Spring wheat yields in southern and east central North Dakota are well below average as a severe drought slashed production potential in the country’s top producing state, scouts on an annual crop tour said on Tuesday. Crop scouts calculated an average spring wheat yield at 29.5 bushels per acre (bpa) […] Read more

CBOT September 2021 wheat (candlesticks) with MGEX and K.C. September 2021 wheat (dark greeen and orange O/H/L/C). (Barchart)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Winter wheat futures up sixth straight day

MGEX spring wheat falls

By Mark Weinraub, GFM Network News July 21, 2021

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. winter wheat futures rose for the sixth day in a row on Wednesday as adverse weather in key exporting countries raised supply concerns, traders said. Corn futures were steady to firm, with the front-month contract ending flat while new-crop offerings rose on support from dry soils that threatened to hamper […] Read more

Alberta crop conditions improve: report

U.S. grains: Corn sets contract lows on expectations for big US crop

U.S. livestock: Cattle strength continues

GFM Network News